Salzburg Festival

Apocalyptic minimalism: Carl Orff's final opera, at Salzburg Festival, reviewed

3 September 2022 9:00 am

‘Germany’s greatest artistic asset, its music, is in danger,’ warned The Spectator in June 1937. Reporting from the leading new-music…

Swanky, stale and sullen, the summer music festival has had its day

23 May 2020 9:00 am

The summer music festival has had its day, says Norman Lebrecht

Strauss and Hofmannsthal deserve better from the Salzburg Festival

16 August 2014 9:00 am

The Salzburg Festival’s reputation might largely be one of cultural conservatism, but it made an impressive commitment to new works…